My brother and his friends have recently purchased the season pass of Superwash and they are trying to convince me to join. I have google the Superwash and trying to look for some reviews but with no luck. I have heard that the soap Petro uses may harm the clear coating. Is that true?? I am thinking to bring a PH paper to test out the foam. By the way I live in Toronto.
for one thing i do know that its not touchless and drags cloth over your car and also the spinning clothes to the side. scratched up paint inc if u do go in.
^Actually it's touchless...at least the new gas stations. They used to be operated by Sunoco. I washed my car on Dec. 31 and was very satisfied. I wash my car once a month b/c it's cold to do it yourself and chemicals used at Petro I believe are not the friendliest.
oic cuz vancouver petro ones are not touchless lol (atleast the ones i know of) but yeah i've driven my mazda through it before and have found scratches on it from going through it but that was long time ago, i'd have to be mad to drive any cars thru that thing again lol
You really need to look at how much you will use it. I suggest using the coin-op washes. I can usually do a quick soap and rinse for $4. No brush no mit etc. yes it looks horrible, but i'd rather not induce marring with anykind of pressure unless you have a chance of doing a proper 2 BM. at that price, I could wash the car 35 times to be equal to the cost of the petro season pass. it generally snows once a week, some weeks none, some weeks more than a day... there's no point in washing your car when it snows or even for a day or two after as the roads are a mess (filled with salt and sand, slushy etc.) so really, once to twice a week....max so at MOST you're going to be able to wash the car. I'll count the lousy season as December 1st to april 1st when you can't really wash the car outside without heated water. that's about 18 weeks. In reality, you'll likely wash the car once a week... that's $72, about half the price of the petro wash deal. I wouldn't get the season pass for this reason. also, remember that corrosion is an issue. Salt helps the electrolysis reaction of corrosion in the presence of water. when it's cold out (not sure the temperature but i''d guess colder than -10C the snow/ice/salt mixture is inert and can not begin to corrode metal. When you melt that solution with the hot water in the car wash, you turn it into an active solution again and begin the corrosion process. You allow the melted solution to get into nook, crack and seam in the area where you have melted it off and not gotten ALL of it off. Moreover, even if you do get it off there is going to be water residue left on your undercarriage. You drive the car on the dry, salt-dusted roads and it's going to stick to the water that's left over, dilute and begin corrosion. I'm pretty convinced that most people that do wash their cars regularly in the winter do more harm than good. For me, I leave the car as it is...just accept it's going to be a mess. let the salt and snow stay on the car -frozen, instead of a corrosive, warm-water solution. When the headlights, tail lights and windows get bad enough it impedes safety I'll wash the car off quickly and as completely as possible on a nice day. I also believe a good detail and rust proofing application before, and after the winter season is best. most rusting occurs in the shoulder seasons when the humidity is high and the roads are covered in salt.
Go to the coin op place and use only the wand and NEVER their brush (wanna know why? Watch from the parking lot and observe the unGodly uses people do with that brush). Rinse off and get as much dirt off using only water. The soap solution they use tends to be highly alkaline which is hard on your moldings, etc. Go home and follow up with an ONR wash. Can't do that? Wait for spring. Seriously.
